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Gardener Extensions Library

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Project Gardener implements the automated management and operation of Kubernetes clusters as a service. Its main principle is to leverage Kubernetes concepts for all of its tasks.

Recently, most of the vendor specific logic has been developed in-tree. However, the project has grown to a size where it is very hard to extend, maintain, and test. With GEP-1 we have proposed how the architecture can be changed in a way to support external controllers that contain their very own vendor specifics. This way, we can keep Gardener core clean and independent.

This directory contains utilities functions and common libraries meant to ease writing the actual extension controllers. Please consult https://github.com/gardener/gardener/tree/master/docs/extensions to get more information about the extension contracts.

Known Extension Implementations

Check out these repositories for implementations of the Gardener Extension contracts:

Infrastructure Provider

Primary DNS Provider

The primary DNS provider manages DNSRecord resources (mandatory for Gardener related DNS records)

Operating System

Container Runtime

Network Plugin

Generic Extensions

If you implemented a new extension, please feel free to add it to this list!

Feedback and Support

Feedback and contributions are always welcome. Please report bugs or suggestions as GitHub issues or reach out on Slack (join the workspace here).

Learn more!

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